The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-24
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Strange Objects Discovered in Cavities Of
Growing Timber.

Strange Objects Discovered in Cavities Of
Growing Timber.
Some woodcutters in the forest OF
D%rommling made a strange discovery.
They began to fell a venerable oak,
which they soon found to be quite hol.
low. Being half decayed, it speedily
came to the ground with a crash. dis
closing a skeleton in excellent perser-
walton; even tho boots. which came
above the knee, were perfect. BY its
side were a powder.horn, a porcelain
pipe-bowl and q silver watch. The
teeth were perfect. 1t would seem to
be the skeleton of u man between
thirty and forty years of age. 1t is
conjectured that while engaged in
hunting he climbed the tree for some
purpose and slipped into the hollow
trunk, from which there was no re-
lease, and he probably died of starva-
ton. Another mystery was found in
the heart of an oak. From II tree Of
this kind a large block, about eighteen
inches in diameter, that had been
knocking about in various yards and
woodsheds, was split up lately, and in
it was found an auger-hole about three
fourths of an inch in size. con-
tanning q bunch of human hair done
up in a piece of printed paper. The
hair was near the center of the block
and fastened in with u pine plug. 1t
was apparently put in when the tree
was quite small, Us the tree had grown
over the plug to the thickness of about
four inches, with the grain perfectly
smooth and straight.
A natural curiosity was shown in a
timber merchants workshop. This
was the nest and skeleton Of a bird i'm.
beddcd in q piece of beech. The tim.
Der seemed quite sound all round the
cavity, and there was no sign of any
aperture into 1t, but the timber being
sawn up. the nest with the bird sitting
upon it was found. The nest appeared
10 be built with mud. and the bird re-
q titmouse. Probably at the
of a branch u cavity was
and the outside subsequently
grown over; but how the bird was in
seems difficult to imagine.
In tho center Of q log of Honduras
the saw revealed u large
piece Of honey comb. The finder says
the wax with the cells was hard. and
in color the appearance of
. mummy. The remains OF the bees
we're incrusted in the wax. Another
Of mahogany was being cut in We.
ncer by a cabinet-maker, when his at-
was attracted by the appear
ance of n remarkable and striking pro-
lie Of Her Majesty in a knot in the
wood. The likeness was SO true that
Ill who saw it acknowledged the re.
Had this curiosity only
been discovered in the present year
might have had jubilee mahogany
,dded 10 the n%cver-ending list Of arti.
lies so distinguished.
So often have toads been found In
,losed in solid bodies that 1t is not
surprising to read in q Scottish paper
hat a servant. while breaking q large
,iece Of coal for tho fire. was startled
o find in the center of the block a
toad, which appeared to
10 In excellent health and spirits, A
ess common discovery was made In
.3irkenhead. A gentleman there was
presented with a cows tongue. which
Ippeared to be perfect In every re-
pect. After the tongue was boiled
% discovered q piece Of sandstone i'm.
in 1t about thrce-quarters Of an
nch In length, half an inch An width
nd q quarter Of an inch In thickness
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